Objective Lens

Description:

An astronomical transit instrument made by Pistor & Martins, of Berlin, was installed in the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., in 1861, and moved to the new observatory site in the 1890s. The is the 9-inch aperture objective lens from that instrument.

Maker: Pistor & Martins

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2005.0172.04Accession Number: 2005.0172Catalog Number: 2005.0172.04

Object Name: objective lens

Measurements: overall: 4 3/4 in x 12 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 32.385 cmoverall: 4 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 34.29 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e193-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1293529

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